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Daunte Wright was 'an arch criminal' whose death at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis is being used to push 'false narratives', according to a lawyer representing the victims of two separate shootings the black man is accused of being involved in.
Attorney Michael Padden told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that the 20-year-old was a 'very serious criminal' who should never have been out on the streets on April 11, the day he was shot dead.
Padden is representing two families who have filed separate lawsuits against Wright's estate that allege he was involved in the shooting of two men.
Daunte Wright, 20, was allegedly involved in two separate shooting incidents before he was killed by Minneapolis cop Kim Potter during an April traffic stop
- Two different lawsuits - obtained by DailyMail.com - were filed against Wright's estate alleging he was involved in the shooting of two men
- The latest, filed Tuesday, claims Wright was involved in a carjacking on March 21 that left the victim, Joshua Hodges, with a gunshot wound to his leg
- The suit claims the theft and shooting was perpetrated by Wright and an accomplice and, ‘need not and should not have happened'
- The second lawsuit, filed last month, alleges Wright shot Caleb Livingston in the head and left him permanently disabled outside a gas station in May 2019
- It says Livingston now continues to suffer ‘severe pain, disability, disfigurement, humiliation, embarrassment and grave emotional distress’
- Wright was not charged over either shooting incident
- Michael Padden, the attorney for the two shooting victims, told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that Wright was a 'very serious criminal'
- Padden said Wright should never have been out on the streets on April 11, the day he was shot dead and hit out at 'false narratives' around his death
Attorney Michael Padden told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that Wright was a 'very serious criminal' who should never have been out on the streets on April 11, the day he was shot dead.
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